Recent content by TheTravelMan

Thanks everyone, your comments are most appreciated. Think we will think long and hard about this before we change. I think our thoughts are to keep our current van a little longer and maybe look out for a newer used 5 berth. Rather than change to a bunk option, our girls do seem to be having...

Thanks Mel and Dustydog for your response. I think we need to take a good think on this, not sure if we'd be happy to the girls sleep in the awning. Not sure if we should aim ourselves at a used 5 berth like the updated Challenger 490 to ours, try and get one of the last ones before they...

Hi Everyone, We currently own a lovely 2002 Swift Challenger 490 Lifestyle (dinette and double bed each end) and have recently been hinking of upgrading her for possibley a new caravan, our current van is in excellent order however we fancy one with a seperate shower cubicle instead of the all...

Thanks Martin24 and Di for your comments. I intend when I get a spare moment to look at preloved and Practical caravan to advertise the caravan, and I will also take a look at Gumtree. I thought price of fuel, uncertainty of work and this fantastic summer we are having was putting people off...

Thanks, Parksy and Woodsieboy for your comments. I think I will look at both the Practical Caravan and Preloved sites as an additional source to advertise my caravan. Yea, I agree some people seem to be holding out for high prices on ebay, however there are also lots of people being...

Hi everyone, Its a while now since I last posted on here, due to not touring for the past 12 months or more. Anyway, What has happened to the caravan market? Has it gone downhill? Selling privately seems to be useless! I bought a 2006, 4 berth Swift Charisma 560, back in November, with the...

Thank you everyone for your replies and information. I think we will look closely at this before stepping in as we need to get it right, interesting to here though that these bunks are made for upto adult size, I was under the impression that around teenage years would be about the max. We...

Hi everyone, I currently have 5 berth, 2002 Swift Challenger, however have the chance of a 4 berth, 2006 Swift Charisma with side bunks, I have two children ages, 10 and 11. Would this be a sensible option to consider at the ages that our children are now, as I'm not into changing my caravan...

Hi Ed, We stayed at Nunnykirk for a weekend last year and really enjoyed it, site was a decent size and was quite empty when we were there, the whole site is mainly grass with only one road from left to right going thru, electric hookup but no toilet block. I'm not sure but i think there was a...

Hi, I am just looking to see if anyone who currently holidays in a caravan or motorhome here in the UK, would ever be interested in booking a motorhome holiday to USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand to name the main spots. The reason I ask is that I Caravan myself with my family, however for...

Thanks everyone for your comments, I appreciate them. Looks like i'll be taking the satellite system. Thanks Andrew.

Hi There, I'm off to Braithwaite Fold CC site, Bowness on Windermere next week and have a couple of questions: 1) As you arrive into Bowness town centre, looking at the site directions, it states passing pier and taking 3rd right into Glebe Road and pass main park and Ride car park then site...

Hi there, We are off to Braithwaite Fold CC site, Bowness on windermere next week, however reading the site info it states TV reception is poor, however I have read info that Cumbria has recently gone digital. Is this correct? and if so has anyone successfully picked up a digital freeview...

Hi there, My Mums dog, a cavalier king charles spaniel, has had puppies of which are now 6 and half weeks old, we have chosen a gorgeous chestnut coloured blenheim girl for ourselves, us being 2 adults and 2 children age : 7 & 8. However we have also fallen in love with the other blenheim...

Thanks to all of you for your comments so far. This is the main topic of discussion in our house at the mo, and probably will be for the next few weeks. We are responsible people and want to provide a loving and caring home for our puppy, we realise that dogs require a lot of looking after and...